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That’s not what I said. Only that the responsible engineers know which tradeoffs they make, and are competent enough to do so.
by 9dev 1y ago
That’s not what I said. Only that the responsible engineers know which tradeoffs they make, and are competent enough to do so.
- samrus 1y agoThe decision to use react for the start menu wasnt out of competency. The guy said on twitter that thats what he knew so he used it [1]. Didnt think twice. Head empty no thoughts 1 https://x.com/philtrem22/status/1927161666732523596 https://x.com/philtrem22/status/1927161666732523596
- ldjb 1y agoPlease do share any evidence to the contrary, but it seems that the Tweet is not serious and is not from someone who worked on the Start Menu.
- bool3max 1y agoNo way people on HN are falling for bait Tweets. We're cooked
- mort96 1y agoI found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMJNEFHj8b8&t=287s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMJNEFHj8b8&t=287s I googled the names of the people holding the talk and they're both employed by Microsoft as software engineers, I don't see any reason to doubt what they're presenting. Not the whole start menu is React Native, but parts are.
- hinkley 1y agoWhy is that somehow worse?
- fsh 1y agoIt is indeed an impressive feat of engineering to make the start menu take several seconds to launch in the age of 5 GHz many-core CPUs, unlimited RAM, and multi-GByte/s SSDs. As an added bonus, I now have to re-boot every couple of days or the search function stops working completely.
- the_real_cher 1y agoFair warning, X has has more trolls than 4chan.
- Henchman21 1y agoPlease, it has more trolls than Middle Earth
- the_real_cher 1y agohaha facts
- 9dev 1y agoThat tweet is fake, and as repeatedly stated by Microsoft engineers, the start menu is written in C# of course, the only part using React native is a promotion widget within the start menu. While even that is a strange move, all the rest is just FUD spread via social media.
- wiseowise 1y ago> the start menu is written in C# of course It is funny how quickly this became normalized. During Vista time everyone was absolutely shitting on awful performance, now that PCs became faster it is apparently fine to use one dog ass slow managed language (C#) over another (JS with RN). Even though RN for Windows is just a thin wrapper over WinRT, but who gives a shit, right? Because JSLOLLOLOL.
- hombre_fatal 1y ago"Hi it's the guy who did <thing everyone hates>" is a Twitter meme.
- hinkley 1y agoOrange Cat Programmer.
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